Senior Test Engineer (Performance Testing)
Added 10 Sept · still live
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Salary
Not disclosed by employer
£41,700
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2136 (90% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £41,700, and HM Land Registry is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
About the role
Croydon, London (region), CR0 2AQ : Coventry, West Midlands (England), CV1 2WT : Gloucester, South West England, GL1 1DQ : Plymouth, South West England, PL6 5WS
Job Summary
It is an exciting time for HM Land Registry (HMLR) as we continue on a major transformation programme. HMLR's ambition is to become the world’s leading land registry for speed, simplicity and an open approach to data.
HMLR are recruiting for a Senior Test Engineer (performance testing) to join our Transformation and Technology team to help us achieve this.
HM Land Registry's existing software systems and services form part of the critical national infrastructure, safeguarding land and property ownership valued at £8 trillion. This enables over £1 trillion worth of personal and commercial lending to be secured against property across England and Wales.
Job Description
In the role of Senior Test Engineer (performance testing), your main duties will consist of:
Job Summary
It is an exciting time for HM Land Registry (HMLR) as we continue on a major transformation programme. HMLR's ambition is to become the world’s leading land registry for speed, simplicity and an open approach to data.
HMLR are recruiting for a Senior Test Engineer (performance testing) to join our Transformation and Technology team to help us achieve this.
HM Land Registry's existing software systems and services form part of the critical national infrastructure, safeguarding land and property ownership valued at £8 trillion. This enables over £1 trillion worth of personal and commercial lending to be secured against property across England and Wales.
Job Description
In the role of Senior Test Engineer (performance testing), your main duties will consist of:
- Advocate best practice leading through practical examples and guidance
- Define and maintain performance test strategy, plan and the approaches
- Perform in depth reviews reporting quality improvements and successes
- Establish performance testing standards, processes and governance
- Develop reusable frameworks and automation assets
- Ensure performance testing is integrated into delivery plans
- Provide leadership and direction to performance testers and engineers
- Validate requirements against user demand and expected workload
- Innovate and generate tooling to assist testing tasks and potential future issues
- Ensure clear acceptance criteria are agreed
- Define performance test approaches for programmes and projects
- Develop the scripts, parameterize, correlate, and maintain reusable performance test scripts using LoadRunner
- Design realistic user journeys and business workload models aligned with production usage patterns to ensure appropriate workload modelling
This role may include weekend working to provide support to live assurance testing during deployment to Production.
In the role of Senior Test Engineer (performance testing), your main duties will consist of:
- Advocate best practice leading through practical examples and guidance
- Define and maintain performance test strategy, plan and the approaches
- Perform in depth reviews reporting quality improvements and successes
- Establish performance testing standards, processes and governance
- Develop reusable frameworks and automation assets
- Ensure performance testing is integrated into delivery plans
- Provide leadership and direction to performance testers and engineers
- Validate requirements against user demand and expected workload
- Innovate and generate tooling to assist testing tasks and potential future issues
- Ensure clear acceptance criteria are agreed
- Define performance test approaches for programmes and projects
- Develop the scripts, parameterize, correlate, and maintain reusable performance test scripts using LoadRunner
- Design realistic user journeys and business workload models aligned with production usage patterns to ensure appropriate workload modelling
This role may include weekend working to provide support to live assurance testing during deployment to Production.
Person specification
To be successful in this role, you will hold the following:
- ISTQB Foundation in Software Testing
- Degree level or equivalent in Computing
You will have practitioner level experience of automated performance testing and automated test tools, as well as be a practitioner in understanding environment needs and capabilities.
You must also be a practitioner in technical analysis, and be able to absorb large amounts of conflicting information to determine solutions.
You must be a practitioner in non-functioning tests and have experience in training and mentoring technical test skills.
You must be a practitioner in technical breadth over a range of tools and techniques and have strong analytical and troubleshooting skills. You must also have performance tuning and root cause analysis expertise.
You must be able to collaborate with development, infrastructure, operations, architecture, and business teams.
HMLR expect everyone to spend at least 60% of their working time in the office.
For more information about the role, please see the attached job description and candidate pack.
Qualifications
- ISTQB Foundation in Software Testing
- Degree level or equivalent in Computing or significant experience working in a related field.
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Changing and Improving
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
- Developing Self and Others
- Delivering at Pace
#WeAreHMLR
At HM Land Registry our vision is a world leading property market as part of a thriving economy and a sustainable future. We are unique in terms of the economic and social impacts of our work, our ability to make a positive difference to the lives of our customers, our sense of mission, and our great people. They are the foundation of all we have achieved and all we aspire to in the future. We want our people to feel proud to work for HM Land Registry and able to fulfil their full potential.
We have a strong and positive culture, a commitment to inclusivity, an emphasis on continuous learning and development, and flexible ways of working. We offer competitive pay and annual leave, attractive pension options and a wide range of other benefits.
- We have integrity– we value honesty, trust and doing the right thing in the right way.
- We drive innovation– we are forward-thinking, embrace change and are continually improving our processes.
- We are professional– we value and grow our knowledge and professional expertise.
- We give assurance– we guarantee our services and provide confidence to the property market.
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
Please attach your CV when prompted detailing your qualifications and work history. You must also attach your Certificate for ISTQB Foundation in Software Testing and Degree level or equivalent in Computing. The qualification is essential for this role and failure to attach it will result in your application not being progressed any further.
Your CV will be assessed against the essential experience criteria detailed in the attached Job Description.
Skills
The Personal Statement section (in no more than 750 words) should be used to outline your wider skills and experience for the role and detail how you meet the essential experience criteria listed below:
Please review your application form before clicking ‘submit’ – once you have submitted, you will not be able to amend your application. Ensure your application form is received by the closing date for receipt of applications – this is 23:55pm on the advertised date.
* Please note we may be sifting whilst this campaign is open so we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible *
Candidates may refer to notes within their video interview but they should be used as a prompt only.
The blended interview will assess the behaviours and experience listed in the candidate pack.
HMLR is accredited to the Disability Confidence Scheme, which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria at the shortlisting stage are guaranteed an invitation to interview. If any candidate requires the panel to consider a reasonable adjustment or there is anything else they would like the panel to take into consideration they are asked to notify us of this at application stage where possible or during the process as soon as it becomes a requirement.
You can find more information on how we use your personal data on our website.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups
- Give examples in your statement, and detail how your performance testing experience will demonstrate the following essential criteria
- Practitioner level experience of automated performance testing and automated test tools
- Practitioner in technical analysis. Absorb large amounts of conflicting information to determine solutions
- Performance tuning and root cause analysis expertise.
Please review your application form before clicking ‘submit’ – once you have submitted, you will not be able to amend your application. Ensure your application form is received by the closing date for receipt of applications – this is 23:55pm on the advertised date.
* Please note we may be sifting whilst this campaign is open so we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible *
Candidates may refer to notes within their video interview but they should be used as a prompt only.
The blended interview will assess the behaviours and experience listed in the candidate pack.
HMLR is accredited to the Disability Confidence Scheme, which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria at the shortlisting stage are guaranteed an invitation to interview. If any candidate requires the panel to consider a reasonable adjustment or there is anything else they would like the panel to take into consideration they are asked to notify us of this at application stage where possible or during the process as soon as it becomes a requirement.
You can find more information on how we use your personal data on our website.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
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Contact point for applicants
Job Contact
- Name : Geoffrey Lewis
- Email : Geoffrey.Lewis@landregistry.gov.uk
- Email : hrresourcingteam2@landregistry.gov.uk
If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance to the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, please email hrresourcingteam2@landregistry.gov.uk in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from HM Land Registry then you may take your complaint to the Civil Service Commission: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/making-complaint/
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Where this offer sits in the market
SOC 2136 · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · ~21k in sampleP25 £37kP75 £55k
£31kmedian £46kgoing rate £42k£55k
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